Contact made – Ed Woodward needs Man Utd genius to sign new contract

Speculation was overflowing over the 26-year-old’s future this past summer, as everything started with him recommending that he wanted another agreement, as noted by ESPN.

Man Utd executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has reportedly been in contact with specialist Mino Raiola to talk about another agreement for Paul Pogba.

Contact made – Ed Woodward needs Man Utd genius to sign new contract

That cast significant uncertainty over his future at Old Trafford and thus led to tenacious gossipy tidbits connecting him with a transition to Real Madrid, according to the Sun, albeit at last a transition to the Bernabeu failed to appear this summer.

Presently, The Mirror report, using the paper edition of L’Equipe, that Woodward has been in contact with Raiola to open talks over the possibility of another agreement.

Pogba’s present agreement keeps running until 2021, thus that doesn’t give off an impression of being an immediate danger for the Red Devils the extent that an exit on a free move is concerned.

Nevertheless, binding their prized resource for a long term contract will be an enormous lift for them, and it might well give a noteworthy sign concerning where Pogba sees his future having seen a conceivable move to Real Madrid this summer, neglect to emerge.

Then again, it could be a shrewd business move to guarantee that Man Utd can demand a powerful sticker price with the insurance of a long term contract set up, thus if Real Madrid were to return and attempt again for Pogba in 2020, they will probably need to sprinkle out to price him away.

Considering that, it’s hard to see Raiola and Pogba consenting to put pen to paper, however, based on the report above, Woodward is in any event set to attempt to persuade them overstaying and submitting his long term future to the club.